Amulets

Amulet

An amulet (Latin amuletum) can be any object but its most important characteristic is its alleged power to protect its owner from danger or harm.
Amulets are different from talismans as a talisman is believed to bring luck or some other benefit, though it can offer protection as well.
Amulets are often confused with pendants - charms that hang from necklaces - any given pendant may indeed be an amulet, but so may any other charm which purports to protect its owner from danger.

Potential amulets include gems, especially engraved gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants, herbal, soil of the temple, monk's hair and animals etc; even words in the form of a magical spell or incantation to repel evil or bad luck.

The word "amulet" comes from the Latin amuletum; the earliest extant use of the term is in Pliny's Natural History, meaning "an object that protects a person from trouble".

Takrut

Takrut, is a type of tubular amulet that originated from Thailand. It is also known as "Tangkai" in other cultures. The takrut is similar to a talisman (Arabic: طلسم‎ / transliterated: tilasim).

They are worn by Thai people as a protective amulet and have existed for thousands of years.
They are by rule, a talisman that is an elongated shape, taking the shape of a scroll. The scroll can be made of any type of metal, paper, leaf, papyrus, animal skin, or a large number of other mediums, including bamboo and wood vines. They are mostly worn on a cord around the waist, but are also often seen accompanying amulet on neck chains. The Sacred Inscriptions made upon the Takrut are a form of Sacre Geometry based in Thai Buddhist and Ancient vedic and animist traditions, which has come to be a very well known Niche Topic around the world since the Hollywood movie star Angelina Jolie received a Sak Yant Tattoo, which is also a yantra like a Takrut, except tattooed in the skin. Also, since the existence of the now well known website on Sak Yant (sak-yant.com) and the more anthropological and academic website 'sakyant.org' run both by Ajarn Spencer Littlewood, has caused a great increase in the amount of interest in both the tattooed aspect of sacred geometry and the beliefs in its magical powers, as well as in the Takrut Amulet, which is one of the most favored types of Thai amulet.

Yant, which are incantations and sacred geometry designs with Pali Kata and Buddhist prayers, (Invocations and Empowerment Spells, inscribed using the Ancient Khom Pali (Khmer).
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Potential take outs include gems, especially engraved gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants and animals; even words in the form of a magical spell, incantation, to repel evil or bad luck.
Variations of traditional takruts

Takruts are usually put inside a special type of case and worn with a chain around the neck at chest level. They are also worn about the waist but can also be worn as most pieces of jewelry. They are worn about the body to protect specific parts of the body or to grant power to those body parts. But whether it is worn at the chest or the waist, its purpose is still the same: to give protection to its wearer. Some smaller takruts, called salukis can be kept between the teeth to allow the carrier to be a more powerful speaker.

Thailand Amulet and Takrut

In ancient Thailand they did not wear any Buddha amulets. Men wore takrut around their neck, and/or had tattoos on their bodies. The Buddha amulets were made for the tradition of "the continuation of the Buddhism", Buddha said that his Buddhism will be disappeared on earth 5000 years after his death, so Thai people will make Buddha Amulets and kept them in the Chedi/Stupas for their own merit. However, guru monks would make Buddha Amulets for people who were in bad shape, bad health and bad luck, those people would hid Buddha amulets in their cloth belts, and they would return those amulets to the temples after their lives/luck/health were better. Until the World War I, Thai people began to wear Buddha amulets around their neck by using copper wires to make cases to be hang.... Anyway, Takrut can be worn in both ways, at your neck and at your waist line...